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PRO / CLUB
MMA Factory (2013–2018) · UFC Performance Institute · Xtreme Couture (2018–present)
Wikipedia
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CAREER INTELLIGENCE PROFILE
Francis Ngannou
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CAREER LINEAGE
High School / Academy → College → Pro / Club
TROPHY CASE
Tournaments, Championships & Awards Won
2024 Comeback Fighter of the Year
2024
SOURCE ↗2024 Non-UFC Male Fighter of the Year
2024
SOURCE ↗2021 Gameplan of the Year
2021
SOURCE ↗2021 March Knockout of the Month vs. Stipe Miocic
2021
SOURCE ↗2021 Most Noteworthy Match of the Year
2021
SOURCE ↗2021: Ranked #6 Knockout of the Year
2021
SOURCE ↗2017 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year
2017
SOURCE ↗2017 Knockout of the Year
2017
SOURCE ↗2017 Knockout of the Year vs. Alistair Overeem
2017
SOURCE ↗2017 Knockout of the Year vs. Alistair Overeem at UFC 218
2017
SOURCE ↗2017 UFC Knockout of the Year
2017
SOURCE ↗2016: Ranked #10 Submission of the Year
2016
SOURCE ↗2015-06-19 · Win · Farid Nair · Carcharias · Perpignan, France · Decision · 3 · 3:00 · 1–0
2015-06
SOURCE ↗Bleacher Report
SOURCE ↗CBS Sports
SOURCE ↗Cageside Press
SOURCE ↗Combat Press
SOURCE ↗ESPN
SOURCE ↗Fight Matrix
SOURCE ↗First Cameroon-born UFC champion
SOURCE ↗Holds wins over five former UFC champions —
SOURCE ↗MMA Fighting
SOURCE ↗MMA Junkie
SOURCE ↗MMA Sucka
SOURCE ↗MMADNA.nl
SOURCE ↗One successful title defense
SOURCE ↗PFL Super Fights Heavyweight Championship (One time, inaugural)
SOURCE ↗Performance of the Night (Six times)
SOURCE ↗Professional Fighters League
SOURCE ↗Pundit Arena
SOURCE ↗Result · Record · Opponent · Type · Round, time · Date · Location · Notes
SOURCE ↗Slacky Awards
SOURCE ↗Tied (Andrei Arlovski, Gabriel Gonzaga & Stefan Struve) for third most finishes in UFC Heavyweight division history (11)
SOURCE ↗Tied (Cain Velasquez & Junior Dos Santos) for second most knockouts in UFC Heavyweight division history (10)
SOURCE ↗Tied (Terrance McKinney, Michał Oleksiejczuk, Joe Lauzon and Donald Cerrone) for sixth most first-round finishes in UFC history (8)
SOURCE ↗Tied for fourth most consecutive knockouts in UFC history (5)
SOURCE ↗UFC Heavyweight Championship (One time)
SOURCE ↗UFC.com Awards
SOURCE ↗Ultimate Fighting Championship
SOURCE ↗World MMA Awards
SOURCE ↗World record for the hardest punch
SOURCE ↗Yahoo Sports
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SOURCE ↗BRAIN STORAGE
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